The lifestyle anchor for Good Morning America and author of I Brake for Yard Sales kicks back (and up) in her Connecticut bedroom. To go behind the scenes with Lara, watch this video.

Lara Spencer: It's like Mission: Impossible. I should have that theme song playing every morning.

When do you get to enjoy that big, inviting bed?

In the evening, the bed is our clubhouse. My daughter and I lean against the headboard, reading, and my husband and son might be lying across the foot of the bed, playing a board game. Somewhere in the mix will be at least one dog. We have three miracle mystery hounds — all rescue dogs. It's always a party.

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But you have delicious white bedding. What about dirty paws?

I love crisp, cool, tailored sheets but not at the expense of family, and the dogs are family. So I hide a big comforter under the bed. It's not pretty: We're talking my first comforter post-college. I throw it over the bed like a picnic blanket before we all pile on. When it comes time to sleep, the dogs move to the bench. It's covered in an indoor-outdoor fabric — I just wipe it down.

You've described yourself as an accidental decorator. Did you design this headboard?

No, my friend Barclay Fryery did. That was 10 years ago, and it's been covered in three different fabrics.

Those Greek key lamps are a great foil for it.

I do love the motif. But I also chose them because the headboard is so high. They hold their own against it.

Your new book is called I Brake for Yard Sales. Anything from a yard sale or flea market in here?

My nightstands are from Housing Works, a terrific charity thrift shop. I keep a vintage metal peacock dish next to my bed for jewelry — I think it cost $3, and I can't tell you how much I love it. My 1960s Timex alarm clock came from a flea market. Anytime I see a vintage bud vase in one of the colors in my palette, I grab it.

What do thrift store pieces do for a bedroom?

They make it yours — other wise it's a hotel room. Don't worry about finding the lost Picasso that will allow you to retire. Just look for what you think is beautiful.

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